Can or receptacle for the reception of chenille strands or the like and process of using the same



CAN 0E nEcEPTAcLE FOR TEE RECEPTION oF CHENILLE s'rRANDs 0R THE E. F. HATHAWAY LIKE AND PROCESS 0F USING THE| SAME Filed March 5. 1921 lm/enov.' Edlga y W April 8 1924.

Patented Apr. 8, 1924.

if its? i EDGAR F. HAT'HAWAY, OF DORCHESTER, MASSACHUSETTS CAN OR RECEPTACLE FOR THE RECEPTION 0F CHENILLE STRANDS OR THE LIKE AND PROCESS OF USING THE SAME.

Application filed March 5, 1921.

Re it known that I, EDGAR F. Ha'rimwAY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Dorchester, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Cans or Receptacles for the Reception of Chenille Strands vor the like and Processes of Using the Sa1ne,of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like characters on the drawings representing' like parts.

This invention relates to cans or receptacles particularly intended for thereception of chenille strands or strips, and to the process of using the same. Obviously, however, the receptacle may be used for roving or for similar' strand-like material.

In orde-r that the principle of the invention may be readily understood, I have disclosed a single embodiment of the invention in the accompanying drawing, wherein- Fig. l is a plan view of one of the covers;

Fig. 2 is an underneath plan view of said cover;

Fig. 3 is a vertical section upon the line 3--3 of Fig. l and taken through the can and through both the covers;

Fig. 4: is a detail in vertical section upon an enlarged scale showing the locking means for one of the covers; and

Fig. 5 is a detail in vertical section upon the line 5 5 of Fig. 4 and looking toward the right in said figure.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the receptacle is indicated at l in Fig. 1. It is preferably cylindrical and while it may be of any suitable material 'is preferably of hard fibre. I have herein represented it as reenforced at cach end by a pressed steel baud 2, said band being secured at the inner face of the can by bolts 3. Deira-.bly the external ends of the bands 3 are bent over as indicated at 4 to protect the ends of the can 1. Y

The can is provided with two covers or ends indicated generally at 5 and 6 in Fig. 3. Said covers or ends are provided des`1r ably with a series of feet 7, 7 and 8, 8 so that whichever end of the can be uppermost the locking means for the cover1 is protected from engagement with the filler.

In the preferred use of the receptacle, it is placed in the upright position shown and Serial No. 449,886.

the upper coveil (herein 5) is removed, the lower cover (herein 6) being inplace. The receptacle is placed at such a point as to receive the chenille or roving it is Adischarged from the machine, it being coiled into the receptacle and accumulated therein until the receptacle is filled.

.l-leret'ofore so far as I am aware, it has been customary to fill the receptacle in this manner, and then to remove the receptacle and draw out the material therefrom beginning with the end last deposited, thus reversing the accumulating operation. This is objectionable because it is frequently desirable to have access to or to use first that end of the material which is first deposited into the receptacle. This is frequently the case with chenille strands which are frequently colored differentially at various parts of their lengths in accordance with the dictates of the pattern. For example, a red portion of the one integral chenille strip or strand may be coiled at the bottom followed by a blue, this being followed by a yellow portion, and'so on. If it be desired to use the first ydeposited or red portion, it is necessary to withdraw the entire mass of material under the present practice so as to get access to the said red portion. In accordance with my invention, two covers for the roving can are provided, both of which are readily detachable and after filling the receptacle while in the position shown in Fig. 3, I place the cover in position as shown, securing it therein, and then I turn the receptacle end for end and remove the cover 6, thus at once obtaining accessV to the first deposited end of the cnenille or other coiled material.

5o far as I am aware, this method or procedure is new and it constitutes an im portant aspect of my invention.

Obviously any suitable means may be pro: vided detachably to secure the covers 5 and (i in position. Preferably the same type of means is employed for securing each of the covers, and I will describe the means herein represented for securing the cover 5 in posr tion.

For that purpose, I provide desirably a plurality of clips or holding means 9, 9 secured by rivets 10, 10 to they under face of the cover, as shown in full lines in Fig. 2. At some other point upon the cover intermediate the clips 9, 9 I provide a movable Cil aan..

clip or retaining means, which may7 be readily moved into either holding or releasing position. For this purpose, I preferably slot the cover as indicated at 11, 11 striking up two lips 12, 12 for the sliding reception of the locking piece 13. The said piece is provided with a longitudinal slot 14 represented in. Fig. 2, and the cover itself has asimilar slot in longitudinal aligimient therewith as indicated in dotted lines at 15 inv Fig. 2. Upon a pin 16 secured to the cover and receiving the slot 14 is mounted for oscillating' movement a locking lever 17 having a protruding end or handle 18 to be engaged by thel operator and a head 19 having therein an eccentrically located or :am slot 20 receiving` a pin 21 fast upon the slide 13 and received in the slot 15 in the cover. The construction of parts is such that when the locking lever 17 is in the position shown in Fig. 2 the sliding clip 13 is in unlocked position.

Movement of the locking lever 17' in a contraclockwise direction, viewing Fig. 2, results in the movement of the pin 21 along the eccentric slot 20, the formation of which is such as to cause the slide 13 to move inward, thereby bringing said slide into locking position, the locking lever 17 then occupying the position represented in Fig. 1.

Each of the clips 9 is provided with a locking or holding formation 22 and the sliding member 13 is provided with a holding formation 23.

It `will be evident -from the foregoing description that my invention involves not only a new type of can or receptacle that is peculiarly adapted for use with or for chenille strips, but that it involves a novel process for the. manipulation of the chenille strip or like product. It will be understood that in the manufacture of chenille strips the woven vtabric is cut into a large number of strips which are rapidly accumulated in cans or re ceptacles and that great confusion and delay may and do result because of the necessity heretofore existing of removing the entire cans o1 chenille strips from each receptacle in order to get at the iirst deposited end thereof.

Having thus described one illustrative embodiment of my invention, l desire it to be understood that although speciiic terms are employed, they are used in a generic and descriptive sense and not tor purposes of limitation, the scope of the invention ,being set forth in the following claims.

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Claims:

1. A can or receptacle for the reception of chenille strands or the like comprising a body, a cover at at least one end thereof and having a face whereon the can or receptacle may stand upright, fixed overhanging lugs and movable securing means carried by said face of said cover, said means cngagiug the outer portion ofY the can or receptacle to stress the cover laterally and thereby hold the said lugs in holding engagement and means for positively moving said movable securing means into holding engagement.

2. A. can or receptacle tor the reception oit chenille strands or the like comprising a. body, a cover at each end of the body, means upon the face of each cover 'for locking said cover in position.v the said cover and its locking means being constructed and arranged to permit the can or receptacle to stand evenly upon either end when the cover is in position thereat and upon said cover as a base.

3. A. can or receptacle for the reception ol chenille strands or the like comprising a body, a cover at each end oi the body, said cover having feet to support the body upright, and securing means for each cover at the face thereof and shaped and arrange-d to permit the receptacle to stand either end down upon the feet of the cover at the then lower end.

4. A can or receptacle for the reception ot' chenille strands or the like comprising a body, a cover for at least one end thereof, fixed securing mea-ns for said cover and locking means including a member movable radially of the cover upon the inner face thereof, a lever pivoted upon the. outer face of said cover and provided with a cam slot, said movable member having a portion extending through the cover and received in said slot.

5. A. can or receptacle comprising a body open at each end, one or more closure members each applicable interchangeably to either end oit' said body. each closure member provided with locking means engageable with the sides of saidbody and mechanism upon its outer face tor operating said locking means, and means upon each closure mem ber whereby it may serve as a base for the upright support oi' the body when in position at the then lower end of the same.

ln testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

EDGAR F. HATHAVVAY.

Certificate of Correction. i It is hereby certified that Letters Patent No. 1,489,668, granted April 8, 1924,

iipoirthe application of Edgar F. Hathaway, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, for an improvement in Cans or Receptacles for the Reception of Chenille Strands 0I' the Like and Processes of Using the Same, Were erroneously issued to the inventor,

said Hathaway, whereas said Letters Patent should have been issued to Shawmut li'ngz'neeitng Company, of Dorchester, Ilassaez/nsetts, a or'poratton of Massw einsetts, as shown by the records of assignments in this Ofhee; and that the said Letters Patent should be read With this correction therein that the saine may conforni to the record of the case in the Patent Oiiiee.

Signed and sealed this 15th day of July, A. D. 1924:.

[SEAL] THOMAS E. ROBERTSON,

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